The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries

This paper provides an overview of recent work on quality measurement of medical care and its correlates in four low and middle-income countries-India, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Paraguay. The authors describe two methods-testing doctors and watching...

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Main Authors:	Das, Jishnu, Hammer, Jeffrey, Leonard, Kenneth
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS ACCESS TO CARE ACCESS TO DRUGS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION AILMENTS AMBULATORY CARE ANALGESIC BASIC HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CHILDHOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE CLINICS COLDS DEHYDRATION DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DEMAND FOR HEALTH DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE DEPRESSION DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASES DOCTORS DYSENTERY ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES FEVER GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDERS GENERAL PRACTICE HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH BUDGETS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE USE HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS ILLNESSES INCOME INDUCED DEMAND INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH CARE INFECTIOUS DISEASE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL DOCTORS MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL EXPENDITURE MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL PRACTICE MEDICAL SCHOOLS MEDICAL SYSTEM MEDICAL TRAINING MEDICINE MEDICINES MOTHER MOTHERS MS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSE NUTRITION OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENT PATIENT SATISFACTION PATIENTS PHARMACY PHARYNGITIS PHYSICAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS PILLS PNEUMONIA POLICY RESEARCH PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE DOCTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROBABILITY PUBLIC HOSPITAL PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SYMPTOMS TB THERAPY TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VACCINATION WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8978038/quality-medical-advice-low-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6393

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8978038/quality-medical-advice-low-income-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6393

The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries

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